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Yeahh
My wife is pregnant.
I've been thinking, how do parents even let their kids go out when they reach the age of about 16?
I mean, I could let my daughter go to the movies and then she ends up being killed by a random angry person.
How am I going to get over this?
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I think time will help..what you are feeling is very normal and I think nearly everyone is gonna to think about this for a few minute at least the first time they go to a movie after this happened especially that movie
I dont think stuff like this happens all the time though statistically.
You will have to role play various scenarios with her like what to do if a stranger approaches asking for help finding a puppy, etc and train this into her a number of times to give her advice on how to react doing so could save her from harm in the rare event something like this happens.
Also pray God's protection over her when she leaves.
When my son was 5 and going to kindergarten 2 blocks away after I had walked him for months. A man tried to grab him minutes after leaving the house and I did not know it till he ran back in the house..this was in the 70s before people even thought about this as abductions were not done much then or talked about at least.
He ran in house telling me what happened and that he turned the opposite way and ran around my car and up the steps as fast as he could where the guy would have to turn car around to grab him easily or maybe he was just lucky. No one had taught him that...he was just a smart kid and knew to get away so this might be something she does innately like my little one did thank God
I think kids would be safer at matinees if going to movies that are not full like this movie was. The man wanted lots of casualties to get on the news.
I believe that most movie theaters who will lose money will respond to this by checking bags or metal detectors which sucks as no more sneaked in food or drink. I know that one will do that.
It is just horrific but I dont think most shooters would target young kids like this guy did.
I feel sad for the kids nowadays..when I grew up in the 50s we were out all night after school and noone worried and it was safe for the most part and life was good. We did get yelled at by a cop once who seemed ten foot tall for going down by the river to bury a dead bird who told us "hobos" could have hurt us and called our parents. well now that I think about it, my cousin and I did have 5 men expose themselves to us when walking to school over the course of 8 years but they never did or said anything and we just told the nuns when we got to school and our parents when we got home
Now we live in a much more screwed up world and kids lose their childhoods and innocence so young.
I dont recall letting my kids do a lot alone though when they grew up in the 70s and 80s as I went with them all the time at a bunch of places. Being a full time mom did make this easier and more natural. Just go with her or supervise her and her friends from several rows back..if she doesn't like it tough. She'll get over it.
Have her go places like to friends homes, school or supervised events, park programs, places where they watch kids like Chuckie Cheese, going to safer areas if needed. You or your wife drive her.
At least most of those kids in the theater last night were with their families at that hour except for older teens maybe. But not much parents could do to protect them except try to shield them..I cant imagine how the parents of those teens injured or killed who let their kids go alone at that time of night are beating themselves up now even though they had zero reason to suspect anything like this could ever happen as the movies always seemed so safe the worst thing someone high or something but mostly calm with a feeling of solitude.
It sucks that guy had to take that away from Americans.
I think time will help you feel safer down the road when your soon to be child gets old enough for this to be a concern
But oh this is so tragic and the world so messed up
I think time will help..what you are feeling is very normal and I think nearly everyone is gonna to think about this for a few minute at least the first time they go to a movie after this happened especially that movie
I dont think stuff like this happens all the time though statistically.
You will have to role play various scenarios with her like what to do if a stranger approaches asking for help finding a puppy, etc and train this into her a number of times to give her advice on how to react doing so could save her from harm in the rare event something like this happens.
Also pray God's protection over her when she leaves.
When my son was 5 and going to kindergarten 2 blocks away after I had walked him for months. A man tried to grab him minutes after leaving the house and I did not know it till he ran back in the house..this was in the 70s before people even thought about this as abductions were not done much then or talked about at least.
He ran in house telling me what happened and that he turned the opposite way and ran around my car and up the steps as fast as he could where the guy would have to turn car around to grab him easily or maybe he was just lucky. No one had taught him that...he was just a smart kid and knew to get away so this might be something she does innately like my little one did thank God
I think kids would be safer at matinees if going to movies that are not full like this movie was. The man wanted lots of casualties to get on the news.
I believe that most movie theaters who will lose money will respond to this by checking bags or metal detectors which sucks as no more sneaked in food or drink. I know that one will do that.
It is just horrific but I dont think most shooters would target young kids like this guy did.
I feel sad for the kids nowadays..when I grew up in the 50s we were out all night after school and noone worried and it was safe for the most part and life was good. We did get yelled at by a cop once who seemed ten foot tall for going down by the river to bury a dead bird who told us "hobos" could have hurt us and called our parents. well now that I think about it, my cousin and I did have 5 men expose themselves to us when walking to school over the course of 8 years but they never did or said anything and we just told the nuns when we got to school and our parents when we got home
Now we live in a much more screwed up world and kids lose their childhoods and innocence so young.
I dont recall letting my kids do a lot alone though when they grew up in the 70s and 80s as I went with them all the time at a bunch of places. Being a full time mom did make this easier and more natural. Just go with her or supervise her and her friends from several rows back..if she doesn't like it tough. She'll get over it.
Have her go places like to friends homes, school or supervised events, park programs, places where they watch kids like Chuckie Cheese, going to safer areas if needed. You or your wife drive her.
At least most of those kids in the theater last night were with their families at that hour except for older teens maybe. But not much parents could do to protect them except try to shield them..I cant imagine how the parents of those teens injured or killed who let their kids go alone at that time of night are beating themselves up now even though they had zero reason to suspect anything like this could ever happen as the movies always seemed so safe the worst thing someone high or something but mostly calm with a feeling of solitude.
It sucks that guy had to take that away from Americans.
I think time will help you feel safer down the road when your soon to be child gets old enough for this to be a concern
But oh this is so tragic and the world so messed up
Does anyone have ideas for an alternative to a Party Favor bag?
Q. My 5 yr old daughters bday is coming up. Party favor bags are fun, and deemed necessary for proper party ettiquete. However they are expensive, and basically filled with usless crap. I am wondering if there is an alternative? Perhaps something small and with more worth then candy or cheap crappy toys, that is fairly inexpensive that I can give out as a parting gift?
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I totally agree. I call those goody bags full of cheap plastic junk "bags of crap". We can all do without another bag 'o crap. Most of it I throw away anyway within a day of my kids bringing them home. I have done books as well; trickier with 5's as most of them aren't reading yet, but I've bought boxed sets from the Scholastic book orders the schools send home and given those books out; they end up being about $2 each. I will give a book with a fancy lollipop (hard to describe but it's on a 10" stick with a heart or flower shaped candy piece at the end. That way there's still the candy element but not so much that it's overkill. With 5's you need to assume a parent will read the book; go with something with mass appeal like Strawberry Shortcake. Maybe if you go the book route you can consider those paint with water books.
I've also given out seasonally appropriate t-shirts; one of my daughter's birthday is in May and I have given out patriotic tshirts (in stores for Memorial Day, continue wearing all summer/4th of July.) These shirts are easy to find at Target for $5; a little less at Kohls if you use a coupon. Again I package with a lolipop. I have seen them on kids all summer. Other friends who feel the same way have given out hula hoops, those skip-it things (like a jumprope that attaches to your ankle and has a ball at the end), and a stuffed fairy. There are a lot of perfectly cute toys out there in the $5 range; too cheap to give as a gift but perfect as a "party favor" which is what you are giving instead of a bag of crap.
Five year olds might not "get it" right away as to why they aren't getting a plastic bag filled with yo-yos that don't work, teeny paper pads they don't use, etc. but it's fine to explain you are giving "one nice thing" instead of a bunch of "little stuff your mom just throws out".
I totally agree. I call those goody bags full of cheap plastic junk "bags of crap". We can all do without another bag 'o crap. Most of it I throw away anyway within a day of my kids bringing them home. I have done books as well; trickier with 5's as most of them aren't reading yet, but I've bought boxed sets from the Scholastic book orders the schools send home and given those books out; they end up being about $2 each. I will give a book with a fancy lollipop (hard to describe but it's on a 10" stick with a heart or flower shaped candy piece at the end. That way there's still the candy element but not so much that it's overkill. With 5's you need to assume a parent will read the book; go with something with mass appeal like Strawberry Shortcake. Maybe if you go the book route you can consider those paint with water books.
I've also given out seasonally appropriate t-shirts; one of my daughter's birthday is in May and I have given out patriotic tshirts (in stores for Memorial Day, continue wearing all summer/4th of July.) These shirts are easy to find at Target for $5; a little less at Kohls if you use a coupon. Again I package with a lolipop. I have seen them on kids all summer. Other friends who feel the same way have given out hula hoops, those skip-it things (like a jumprope that attaches to your ankle and has a ball at the end), and a stuffed fairy. There are a lot of perfectly cute toys out there in the $5 range; too cheap to give as a gift but perfect as a "party favor" which is what you are giving instead of a bag of crap.
Five year olds might not "get it" right away as to why they aren't getting a plastic bag filled with yo-yos that don't work, teeny paper pads they don't use, etc. but it's fine to explain you are giving "one nice thing" instead of a bunch of "little stuff your mom just throws out".
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